Research Article
Geochemical Characterization of Spring Waters in the Crati River Basin, Calabria (Southern Italy)
Table 1
Maximum, minimum and mean concentration values of the water parameters in the 5 subzones.
| | Pollino Massif | Coastal Chain | Mt. Cocuzzo | Serre Area | Sila Massif | | Max | Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean | Max | Min | Mean |
| | pH | 8.1 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 7.8 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 7.4 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 7.5 | 8.6 | 5.5 | 6.9 | | Cond (μS/cm) | 936.0 | 195.0 | 414.3 | 636.0 | 65.7 | 206.0 | 1185.0 | 87.0 | 396.2 | 439.0 | 132.0 | 243.7 | 710.6 | 45.0 | 172.5 | | Hardness (°f) | 49.5 | 10.7 | 23.7 | 34.4 | 1.6 | 9.1 | 46.1 | 2.7 | 19.0 | 21.8 | 5.0 | 12.1 | 33.6 | 1.0 | 7.3 | | Ca2+ (mg/l) | 116.8 | 28.0 | 55.6 | 102.2 | 4.0 | 26.7 | 166.1 | 7.2 | 61.1 | 54.1 | 12.0 | 31.7 | 110.0 | 1.6 | 15.7 | | Mg2+ (mg/l) | 50.5 | 2.4 | 23.4 | 21.7 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 27.9 | 1.3 | 9.1 | 20.2 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 20.5 | 1.0 | 7.7 | | K+ (mg/l) | 2.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 15.3 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 19.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 1.4 | | Na+ (mg/l) | 149.2 | 2.8 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 22.0 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 11.3 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 59.0 | 4.5 | 10.9 | | HCO3- (mg/l) | 452.8 | 12.0 | 163.3 | 346.9 | 4.0 | 99.1 | 429.4 | 28.0 | 198.2 | 232.3 | 90.6 | 153.2 | 209.8 | 8.0 | 59.7 | | Cl- (mg/l) | 101.6 | 8.6 | 18.8 | 28.1 | 1.7 | 15.6 | 40.8 | 10.1 | 19.3 | 19.0 | 13.1 | 16.3 | 85.1 | 7.8 | 18.0 | | SO4= (mg/l) | 140.0 | 0.0 | 7.7 | 32.9 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 48.5 | 0.0 | 6.4 | 15.0 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 25.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | | NO3- (mg/l) | 17.8 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 14.5 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 8.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 24.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
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